Misrepresentation and Unlicensed Practice

No person may represent oneself or one's services by using the words audiologist, Audiology assistant, audiometric technician, or Audiology or any similar titles or descriptions unless one has been duly licensed as an Audiologist or an Audiology Assistant. Use of such terms must properly reflect the Licensee’s scope of practice as set out in regulatory definitions in 260 CMR 1.01 or scope of practice as defined in 260 CMR 10.03: Code of Ethics. (2) No person may represent oneself, or one's services by using the words Speech-Language Pathologist, Speech-Language Pathologist Provisional Licensee, speech-language pathology assistant, speech pathologist, speech therapist, speech correctionist, speech clinician, language pathologist, aphasiologist, voice pathologist, voice therapist, language therapist, logopedist, communication disorders, or any similar titles or descriptions unless one has been duly licensed as a Speech-Language Pathologist, Speech-Language Pathologist Provisional Licensee or as a Speech-Language Pathology Assistant. Use of such terms must properly reflect the Licensee's scope of practice as set out in regulatory definitions in 260 CMR 1.01 or scope of practice as defined in 260 CMR 10.03: Code of Ethics. (3) No person shall engage in the practice of Audiology unless he or she is duly licensed by the Board. (4) No person shall engage in the practice of Speech-Language Pathology unless he or she is duly licensed by the Board. (5) The student who has not completed his or her professional preparation must not provide Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology services except in a supervised clinical practicum situation as part of his or her training. The student must not accept remuneration for services. The receipt of stipends for undergraduate or graduate study shall not be construed to violate 260 CMR 1.02(5).